Skagway is always a busy town when the cruise ships are in (you can see one at the end of the street). But once everyone heads to their ships/rigs, town is empty!! Lots of neat little stores, but you can imagine the prices being up as it's a cruise port.
(For my son-in-law BriB) White Pass/Yukon Route climbs from sea level in Skagway to almost 3,000 feet at the Summit, in 20 miles with grades of 3.9%. The curves required a narrow gauge railroad. The rails were three feet apart on a 10-foot wide road bed. We didn't ride it, but I have a neat little booklet for ya, and you can put it on your bucket list for when you guys get back here!
Went to a show about Soapy Smith, famous con man, and our friend Dick was picked for a bit part. Dick and Carol, from Duluth, MN, were the couple we met on the Ferry. I must say, Dick did a great job in hamming it up!!!
You can see the snow poles sticking out of the rocks on the left hand side. That must have been quite a job getting them in there!!
Nice drive today, but scenery definitely different. Not much traffic, either everyone's gone home already, or we are leaving early! We did find out from one of the places we stayed at that: this year, for one month, there were 1000 less vehicles as the same time last year, and last year was low also. Scuze the English, but crappy economy everywhere.
Not like Alaska, but this is still beautiful in a different way.
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